Welcome to a two-day course in advanced liver ultrasonography on the 1st and 2nd of February. Learn how to use ultrasound to assess patients for cirrhosis and portal hypertension, as well as control TIPS and liver transplantation. The program will include short teaching sessions followed by hands-on training on patients with liver disease, in small teams and under the supervision of four instructors. The program will also include lectures from two European experts in portal hypertension, ultrasound and non-invasive methods: Annalisa Berzigotti and Jaime Bosch.
The course is aimed for doctors within the gastroenterological and radiological fields with a special interest in liver ultrasound. The course is organized as a collaboration between OUH Masterclasses and the Danish Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Registration is open to international participants.
Price for participation is:
3500 DKK for Specialist Registrar and 2000 DKK for all others.
Program:
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DAY 1 |
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10:30-11:00 |
Registration, coffee and welcome |
Maja Thiele |
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11:00-15:30
11:00-11:45
11:45-12:30
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Diagnostic work up of a patient suspected of cirrhosis
Characteristics of cirrhosis and portal hypertension using B-mode and Doppler ultrasound
Hands-on training on patients with cirrhosis of different disease severity and etiology |
Peter Holland-Fischer
Instructors |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:00
14:00-15:30 |
Ultrasound elastography: Techniques, clinical applications, interpretation
Hands-on training on patients and phantom |
Maja Thiele
Instructors |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00-17:45
16:00-16:45
16:45-17:45 |
Vascular liver disease, TIPS and liver transplants
Vascular diseases: Budd-Chiari and portal vein thrombosis; TIPS and LTX assessment using Doppler ultrasound
Hands-on training on patients and phantom |
Prof. Annalisa Berzigotti, Inselspital Bern, Schweiz.
Instructors |
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17:45-18:00 |
Evaluation day 1 |
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19:00- |
Joint dinner |
Grand Hotel Odense |
2. februar 2019
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DAY 2 |
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8:30 |
Coffee and welcome |
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9:00-11:15
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00 |
Liver disease – invasive methods
Liver vein catherisation: procedure, interpretation, clinical implementations
Liver biopsy: procedure, complications, quality, interpretation |
Hon. prof. Jaime Bosch, Inselspital, Bern & Barcelona Liver Clinic
Peter Thielsen |
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10:00-10:15 |
Coffee break |
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10:15-11:15
11:15-12:00 |
Hands-on training on patients
Multiple-choice test |
Instructors |
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12:00-12:15 |
Evaluation day 2 |
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12:15-12:30 |
Sandwich to go |
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